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Manchester United stars Phil Jones and Daley Blind arrive at Carrington day after Uefa rap as Nemanja Matic trains with new club for first time

£40million Serbian midfielder put through his paces ahead of first game this weekend

NEMANJA MATIC trained with his new Manchester United team-mates for the first time this morning.

The Serbian midfielder arrived from rivals Chelsea in a deal worth up to £40million on Monday evening.

 Manchester United new boy Nemanja Matic, with Juan Mata, trained for the first time today
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Manchester United new boy Nemanja Matic, with Juan Mata, trained for the first time todayCredit: Getty - Contributor
 Matic arrived from Chelsea for £40million on Monday evening
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Matic arrived from Chelsea for £40million on Monday eveningCredit: Getty - Contributor

And Jose Mourinho wasted no time in getting the new boy acclimatised to his new surroundings.

Matic, who turned 29 today, was put through his paces at the Carrington training complex as he prepares to make his first outing in United red.

Mourinho's men face Sampdoria in Dublin on Wednesday night and the Serbian enforcer is expected to play some part.

Phil Jones and Daley Blind - who have found themselves in hot water with Uefa - were also at training.

Jones, arriving in a £150,000 Bentley Continental GT, has been banned for TWO games after being abusive towards an anti-doping official after May's Europa League Final victory over Ajax.

The ban means that Jones will miss next Tuesday's Super Cup against Real Madrid and the first Champions League group game in September.

 Phil Jones arrived at training after learning of his two-game European ban
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Phil Jones arrived at training after learning of his two-game European banCredit: Tony Spencer
 Daley Blind was fined for not taking a drug test after the Europa League final
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Daley Blind was fined for not taking a drug test after the Europa League finalCredit: Tony Spencer
 Blind and Matic got to know each other at Carrington
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Blind and Matic got to know each other at CarringtonCredit: Getty - Contributor

Mourinho will be facing something of a defensive crisis for those two matches, with Eric Bailly also missing.

The Ivorian was banned for two more games, after missing the 2-0 win in Stockholm, for brawling with Celta Vigo pair John Guidetti and Facundo Roncaglia in the semi-final against Celta Vigo.

Daley Blind, who turned up at Carrington in his £70,000 Mercedes GLS, was also reluctant to be tested as he wanted to celebrate with team-mates.

Blind wasn't banned, but both he and Jones were also fined £4,500 and the club £10,000.

Matic, who has teamed up for a third spell with Mourinho, was clearly delighted to be reunited with the Special One.

 Andreas Pereira, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba share a laugh in the rain
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Andreas Pereira, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba share a laugh in the rainCredit: Getty - Contributor
 Eric Bailly and Axel Tuanzebe prepare for the friendly against Sampdoria in Dublin
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Eric Bailly and Axel Tuanzebe prepare for the friendly against Sampdoria in DublinCredit: Getty - Contributor

He told MUTV: "He is a great coach and, when I worked with him before, he always took the best from me and I improve if I work with him, so I am very happy to be again with him, especially in this great club so I am happy because of that.

"Manchester [United] is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I am very happy because I am now part of this great club, part of this great group.

"I am looking forward to start to train with the team and to start to play the games."


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